Materials
Diorite
Igneous Rocks
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Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock formed by the slow cooling underground of magma with a moderate silica content and a relatively low content of alkali metals. It is intermediate in composition between low-silica mafic gabbro and high-silica felsic granite.
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Formation ClassIgneous, intrusive (plutonic; formed by slow cooling underground of magma of intermediate silica content) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Extrusive equivalent of intrusive diorite: same magma composition, different cooling rate and depth, not a derivation of one from the other.
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1. Diorite (Wikipedia)
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an intrusive igneous rock formed by the slow cooling underground of magma.
Andesite (Wikipedia)
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is the extrusive equivalent of plutonic diorite.
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